Title from cover.

"The lead government agency for the Animas-La Plata Project was the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation's Western Colorado Area Office in Durango, Colorado worked closely with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe throughout the course fo the project and for the creation of this book. Staff representing the Bureau of Reclamation included contracting officer's representative and archaeologists Warren Hurley and Joe Tuomey"--P. 1.

"A publication of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the Ute Tribes of Colorado"--P. [4] of cover.

c. 1: H40234 JUN 27 2011. Gift: U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Western Colorado Office, Durango Field Office, est. $5.00.

"As long as the water flows" History of the ALP Water Project. The original ALP Plan ; The Dolores Project ; Important laws affecting ALP and the Utes The Utes in Colorado and Utah. The Ute Trail Timeline of the ALP Project. Detailed timeline The project begins. Key components ; Ridges Basin Dam ; Lake Nighthorse (Ridges Basin Reservoir) ; Ridges Basin inlet conduit (pipeline) ; Durango Pumping Plant ; The ALP wildlife and wetlands

Weeminuche Construction Authority In the beginning. The ALP Archaeological Project (Ancient peoples in the Durango area ; The Pueblo I people in Ridges Basin ; The Sacred Ridge site ; The People leave ; To learn more) Valley families. The Thompson Family, in Ridges Basin from 1880-1919 ; The Harper Family, in Ridges Basin from 1896-1969 ; The Kikel Family, in Ridges Basin from 1915-1930s ; John Porter, the Porter Mine, and the Town of Porter, 1890-1920 ; The Bodo Family, in Ridges Basin from 1919-1971 For further information.